From the author of the acclaimed A Girl Made of Air comes a bravura origin story for Shakespeare's The Tempest, as the eponymous outcast sorceress finds herself in the eye of a terrible storm.
Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told...
They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress.
Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all...
With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all?
A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare's The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air.
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781529446678
Number of pages: 400
Dimensions: 240 x 156 mm
Her mother was borne of the mighty and spirited Moon, her father heralding from the all encompassing Sun, her life moulded and shaped like that of the finest clay vase you could imagine yet far from perfect in its... More
4.5 stars
This has been on my wishlist ever since I first read about it and I am thrilled to have been given an early digital copy.
I loved the cover of this book. I know we don't judge books by their...
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